There have been so many disappointments on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s watch that they blur together. Still, the governor’s ridicule of the Legislative Analyst’s Office on Wednesday because it warned AB 32 would kill jobs was particularly pathetic. He all but called LAO officials geeks who needed to get out of their nerdy cubicles, saying that their “theoretical” critique had nothing to do with the real world, and that he had been up and down California and had seen the green job revolution.

Arnold has lost his capacity for shame. Whether he really believes what he’s saying or is in complete denial, the bottom line is the same: He’s a ninny.

As a recent U-T editorial noted, all around the world, elected officials are backing away from AB 32-style “cap-and-trade” rules forcing the use of cleaner but costlier energy because they fear the rules would prolong the global economic downturn. This is elemental logic along the lines of 1 + 1 = 2.

But what’s especially preposterous about Gov. Ninny is that even the evidence he touts doesn’t back him up. In December, the Next 10 mini-think tank – which is operated by a green true believer – issued a study on green jobs. The study noted what while such jobs had grown by 36 percent statewide since 1995, they were a very minor factor in the California economy, providing less than 1 percent of all state jobs.

This is a frontal assault on Arnold’s worldview, not a validation.

So what did his office do? It sent out at least eight mass e-mails touting the sliver of good news in the Next 10 report and ignoring the enormous bad news.

I’d pay good money to see what Susan Kennedy, the gov’s blunt chief of staff, would say about Arnold’s green gibberish if she were administered sodium pentothal. The same goes for David Crane, his very smart economic adviser. They both know the gov is busy dispensing green Kool-Aid. They had better hope it doesn’t lead to an economic Jonestown.

Saldaña’s wacky entry into chargers politics

There are few thornier issues in San Diego politics than the Chargers’ push for a new stadium. The team is (mostly) beloved, and there will be massive public angst and blowback if Philip Rivers and company depart for L.A., San Antonio or elsewhere in a few years. (Team adviser Mark Fabiani told me there is one currently NFL-ready stadium in the world. But it’s in London.)

On the other hand, San Diego’s horrible fiscal straits make it extremely difficult to justify any public funding for a new downtown stadium. This is why stadium backers use semantic ploys, claiming redevelopment funds aren’t really public money – even though they are generated by taxes.

So viewing this tangled, difficult debate, what does Lori Saldaña do? The San Diego assemblywoman introduces a bill banning any future public subsidies to NFL teams in California unless the league drops its rule that home games not be broadcast locally if they are not sold out within 72 hours of kickoff.